PRODUCE 48

About PRODUCE 48

Produce 48 was a 2018 reality competition show on Mnet. It was a large-scale project in which the public “produces” a girl group by voting for members out of a pool of 96 contestants from South Korea and Japan, as well as voting for the group’s concept, name and debut single. The show was a collaboration between the Mnet series Produce 101 and the J-pop idol group AKB48. The winning 12 contestants would promote as a group for two and a half years. The show announced the final 12 members who made it into, as well as the official name of the group IZ*ONE during the finale on August 31, 2018.